Given the rapidly changing environments within which international research is conducted, new strategies and practices—ones that are collaborative, transnational, interdisciplinary, provide new knowledge and address global challenges—are more critical than ever.

This two-day International Research Conference at UC Davis, hosted by Global Affairs, combines plenary sessions, small breakout sessions, "TED-style" talks, poster presentations by graduate students, discussions with funding agencies, industry, and community organizations, and opportunities for networking across disciplines and borders. See the full conference program and for more information, click here.

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The incorporation of bioproducts in the agricultural industry is key to strengthening and diversifing this sector, which should be more productive and sustainable. For example, in the face of pests that become increasingly resistant to traditional agrochemical treatment, new options, such as using the same microorganisms of agricultural land to cover and protect the seeds and therefore promoting the growth of crops. UC Davis leads applied research in fungi, bacteria and nematodes for development, formulation and scaling of new bioproducts for agriculture in the future.

The expected increase of the world’s population to 9 billion people by 2050; the rise in global calorie intake by 60% between 2000 and 2050 due to greater affluence; as well as the rising demands on land for the generation of food and fuels, will require significant increases in agricultural productivity in the context of more constrained availability of resources. With agriculture contributing to food and economic security, the impacts of climate change on agriculture have repercussions on livelihoods, food production, and the overall economies of countries. At the same time, the agricultural sector holds significant climate change mitigation potential through reductions of greenhouse gas emissions as well as enhancement of agricultural sequestration.

Globally, food loss and postharvest waste are estimated at 30 to 40% of production. Losses of perishable foods such as fruits and vegetables can be even higher during the postharvest period, depending on the weather, access to storage, or distance to markets.

Chile and California have a diversified agriculture with hundreds of specialty crops and share a number of fruit and vegetable varieties. However, due to their counter-season growing climates the two geographies often target the same overseas market. Thus, a natural collaboration area is to address post-harvest issues which are of high importance to our agricultural industries.

The wine industry in both California and Chile is a major agricultural sector that continues to grow in volume as well as in quality of premium wines. The quality and value of wines are determined by a complex interplay of grapevine genetics, soil conditions, climate, maturity, fermentation and aging.

There are opportunities for science-based interventions at each one of these stages in the wine production process to improve the final product and its economic value. Because of the climactic similarities between Chile and California, the same grape varieties are grown in Chile and California and the conditions for wine production are very similar. However, there are some differences as well, particularly with regard to the most important pests and disease. For example, Phyloxera is a significant soil pest in California but is not present in Chile. Thus, there is the opportunity to share information and research results but there is also a need for research directed to the unique conditions in Chile.

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Faculty Director of Global Centers Appointed for Latin America and the Caribbean

December 19, 2018

The UC Davis Global Centers initiative— which aims to leverage campus strengths and expand mutually-beneficial partnerships in regions around the world—is set to move forward with the appointment of Lovell “Tu” Jarvis as the Faculty Director of Global Centers for Latin America and the Caribbean. Jarvis will bring strategic leadership to the development the first UC Davis Global Center, building on existing partnerships and linkages in the region—including activities through the UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center (UC Davis Chile), which launched with Chilean government support in 2015.

UC Davis water management specialist is the keynote speaker at seminar in Santiago

December 11, 2018

Sam Sandoval, associate professor at the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources at UC Davis, explained how the severe drought which California recently underwent, gave rise to the first legislative effort (an act) which coordinates the governance of groundwater in that State. He gave details of the unwanted outcomes which this act seeks to avoid and how his work as a researcher seeks to contribute to this governance.

William Tucker, Executive Director of Innovation Access at UC Davis, visited Chile to be one of the main speakers at the III USM Tech Innovation Summit. Since he returned to the country after 10 years, we talked to him in order to learn about his perception of the changes in Chile in issues of entrepreneurship and also to learn how UC Davis is commercializing the technologies it generates.

Held in Chillan, the event´s keynote speaker was Anita Oberholster, enology extensionistspecialist at the University of California Cooperative Extension. Doctor Oberholster also made technical visits to partner vineyards of different productive sizes.

Dean of the College of Agriculture at UC Davis holds a busy agenda in Santiago

November 19, 2018

Doctora Helene Dillard is in charge of one of the two colleges most successful in agronomy worldwide. In Chile, she met up with her peers from Chilean universities, with authorities and representatives of different agencies of the Ministry of Agriculture and with partners of UC Davis Chile.

Biocontrollers can be an excellent alternative to fungicides, not only for being environmentally friendly but also for their efficiency. An example? The use of endofite fungus to control the diseases of vineyard wood.

Santiago gets ready for the Technology Transfer and Comercialization Hub for the Americas

June 20, 2018

The HUB seeks to expand networks and strategic regional collaboration on issues of management, transfer, adaptation and commercialization of technology, and at the same time diversify the economies of the region based on the incorporation of technology in value chains. The knowledge and practical exercises shared during the training are based on real technologies and existing problems in the communities

Advances in the production of chilean biological product for agriculture

March 22, 2018

This process, which to date has the collection of microorganisms and laboratory evaluations, is part of the work that these days develop the UC Davis Chile and the University of Tarapacá (UTA), Arica. An article published by El Mercurio Campo, featuring Freddy Boehmwald, Bioproducts development coordinator at UC Davis Chile.

The 420 thousand annual deaths due to contaminated food have driven different countries to strengthen the stages of production and distribution in order to prevent diseases. In addition, ready-to-eat food, online shopping and healthy products are other current trends. Report of Revista del Campo that features the opinion of Kent J. Bradford, director of the World Food Center of UC Davis.

Zero Waste project seeks to eliminate micro trash dumps and construct a rain garden at an at-risk elementary school in Conchalí, Santiago Chile

March 14, 2018

Sol Naciente Elementary School needs your support on the Kickstarter platform to raise $15,000 USD to prevent school children from living with two vast trash dumps that overflow during the rainy seasons. We have until April 29th and it's all or nothing!

El Campo Magazine, a weekly suplement of El Mercurio newspaper, highlights the second stage of the "Araucaria Project" that UC Davis Chile leads together with CONAF. The goal is to determine the causes of the Araucaria araucana Leaf Damage (DFA in Spanish), a problem widely spread among our natural monumentn, for generating management strategies.

UC Davis Chile is looking forward an organization that works with indigenous communities in the frame of a scientific project with Araucaria trees

March 6, 2018

We are looking for an organization or company able to provide services related to the interaction and communication with indigenous and/or ancestral communities in the framework of a scientific project related to the characterization of potential causing agents of leaf damage in Araucaria araucana, in the Regions of Araucanía and Biobío, Chile. Deadline March 23rd. Maximum budget: $25 millions CLP

January 2018 is a key date for UC Davis Chile. After three years working, we are beginning our second phase as a Corfo’s project. This special number is based essentially in this news: the opinion column by our Executive Director, the senior authorities from UC Davis who traveled to Chile to participate in relevant activities of this transition, the addition of a new academic partner: the Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), the trip of Universidad Andrés Bellos’s Chancellor to California to meet his peer in UC Davis. We invite you to read and share our newsletter.

UC Davis, Ganesha Lab and UC Davis Chile: Californian and Chilean institutions agree to collaborate in facilitating the Movement of Technology and Startup Companies between both territories

December 21, 2017

On Friday, December 22 at 9:30 am UC Davis, Ganesha Lab and UC Davis Chile will attend a pitch given by Nicolás Morelli, CEO of VACuCh to evaluate the potential of this company to make the transition and to “land” in California.

International expert in bioproducts trained professionals from the UTA

December 5, 2017

Doctor Leobardo Serrano, creator of the biofungicide Fungifree AB®, has more than 38 international publications and 15 awards for his work in biotechnology. His visit takes place within the collaborative project University of Tarapaca and UC Davis Chile.

We present interesting sections: opinion column, news, highlights and an interview to a UC Davis Alumni. Specially, we invite you to read about our project with University of Tarapacá (UTA) -search of microorganisms in ancentral crops for the development of bioproducts- and to watch the videos about our applied research lines.

The activity will include national speakers and extension specialists in viticulture from the Cooperative Extension System of the University of California, including the last winner of the “Extension Distinction Award” of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV).

Camille Kirk, Director of Sustainability at the University of California, Davis: Becoming a green university is a task involving the entire community

October 2, 2017

The establishment in which this specialist is working is the most sustainable institution of higher education in the world, thanks to transport agreements and an approach associating caring for the environment with every career, not only some. Source: El Mercurio newspaper

The use of this technique has become an excellent alternative to keep the development of different pests at bay. However, climate change opens up a number of challenges in its use. As follows, Jim Farrar, expert from the University of California, Davis, examines this point in greater depth. Text in Spanish since the third page, in English. Source: El Mercurio Campo.

Climate Smart Agro tackles key issues in the face of the high climate variability in agriculture

September 1, 2017

Experts in integrate pest management, irrigation, crop adaptation and integrated water management participated in the 2017 version of this seminar, including Jim Farrar, Director of the State Program of Integrated Pest Management of the University of California.

Description: We are seeking a highly-motivated bioinformatics researcher to lead data analysis efforts related to genome and metagenome sequencing in host and host-free ecosystems. The work is collaborative with colleagues at Universidad Andrés Bello’s Center for Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology.

Closing date: August 27th. The anticipated start date is flexible, but the position can start as early as September 1, 2017.

The Chief of the Viticulture and Enology Department, David Block, assures that efficient use of water and energy is key, as well as automatization of processes. In California there is already a model of a autosustainable winery. Article written by Paloma Díaz for El Mercurio, one of the most important Chilean newspapers. To read the text in Spanish, click below on "Revista de El Campo de El Mercurio". For English, click on "Read more".

The Foundation for Agricultural Innovation (FIA), together with the Center of Research and Innovation (CII) of the vineyard Concha & Toro and the University of California, Davis in Chile (UC Davis Chile) implemented the young Agri-Food Panel in the context of the fair “I Believe in Chile”. The aim was to start up a dialogue amongst entrepreneurs, research centers and companies about the challenges of innovation connected to the agri-food world with different strategies and realities.

This number includes an opinion column by Joanna Regulska, Vice Provost and Associate Chancellor of Global Affairs, because UC Davis Chile now is part of this UC Davis’ division. Precisely, the main news provide more details about this appointment.

In every edition we explain a research line, in this case its “Viticulture and Enology”. As we have had an intense quarter, this number includes five highlights, mainly about UC Davis’ proffesors and farm advisors visiting Chile as well the U.S. Ambassador at our headquarters. As always, we want to announce professionals who work in Chile and have studied at Davis. We will meet Carlos Flores, UC Davis Chile hydrologist consultant.

Pablo Zamora will relate his experiences in The Not Company and in UC Davis Chile in the agro-food block of this space of the largest entrepreneurship and innovation projects in the country. We await you on June 15 starting 14:30 hours in Espacio Riesco. The event is free of charge.

We are searching for a Chemist, Biochemist o Bioprocesses Engineer or related that is pursuing his/her PhD dissertation in the Research and Innovation Center at Concha y Toro vineyard in a joint project with UC Davis Chile. Interested individuals should send CV, motivational letter and 2 recommendation letters to postulacionesucdavischile@gmail.com until June, 30th.

Farmers, experts and different companies gathered in Talca to announce the last trends in agro development. Mundoagro's article about the event sponsored by UC Davis Chile in its Conference Program (text in Spanish).

Call for a service related to the interaction with indigenous communities in the framework of a scientific project

May 12, 2017

UC Davis Chile is looking for an individual, organization or company able to provide services related to the interaction and legal nexus with custodial and/or indigenous communities in the framework of a scientific project related to the exploration of agriculture genetic resources in the territory of Arica and Tarapaca, Chile. The time frame of the project is 7 months starting June 2017 and thebudget available is a maximum of 25.000.000 CLP. Applications must be received by May 26th 2017.

Applicants requirements: Ph.D with an accredited experience in areas of biotechnology, plant biology, microbiology and/or product development. One position is based in Santiago and the other one in Arica (Chile). Applications until May 10th, 2017 (CV, cover letter and 2 letters of recommendation).

We are very pleased to invite you to participate in the talk "Sustainable Groundwater Management", by doctor Graham Fogg, Land, Air and Water Resources Department's professor and researcher at the Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis. The talk will be Thursday, March 30th at 11:00 am in UC Davis Chile, Andrés Bello 2299, office 1102. Providencia (metro Los Leones). If you want to participate, please send an e-mail to eangel@ucdavischile.org

There is little time to go before the International Fair of Technologies (IFT) AGRO 2017, the Chile’s National Farm Technologies Exhibition and Conference, begins. Talca will host the event whose will take place between Wednesday, 5th and Friday, 7th April.

The institutions that stand out for their environmental committment offer more than 50 courses focused on this issue, promote bicycle use and even have green festivals. UC Davis is the numer 1 in the ranking, In the picture, the Manetti Shrem museum, just opened in November 2016, has achieved a LEED Platinum designation.

UC Davis is preparing to inaugurate the first extensionism center in Chile

February 27, 2017

Focused on contributing in the transfer knowledge about technology use, wine cellar good practices and tools to improve vine quality, UC Davis Chile is getting the last details ready to launch the Viticulture and Enology Extensionism Center in the South of Chile.

The agro-climate similarity between Chile and California sets valuable opportunities for synergic learning between both territories. According to UC Davis Chile's Program Coordinator of Agronomy and Environment, our country should advance towards a climate smart-agro, taking advantage of North American state's valuable experiencie handling in extreme events. Article written in Spanish by Cynthia Alfaro for the Innova + Agro magazine.

Technologies to increase irrigation efficiency in a modern agriculture. Article written by Doctor Francisco Rojo, UC Davis Chile's Postdoctoral Researcher in "Agroclimate Technologies", for Mundoagro magazine (article written in Spanish).

The last edition of Foreign Ministry's Energy, Science, Technology and Innovation Direction (DECYTI) newsletter is devoted to Sustainable Agriculture, an important issue for UC Davis Chile. Besides an opinion column of our Executive Director, Alan Bennett, and brief news about our center, the newsletter also includes information about Odepa, INIA, FIA, Agrimed de la U. de Chile (text in Spanish).

We include an opinion column by Soroush Parsa, Program Coordinator Agronomy and Environment and Scientific Director of the Climate Smart Agro platform. Precisely, the main news is about the first activity of this platform. In every edition we explain a research line, in this case its “Agroclimate Technologies” and the installation of four Surface Renewal stations in VSPT Wine Group’s vineyards. The end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017 have been very busy for UC Davis Chile, leading and supporting semminars. In these activities several UC Davis experts have participated, Bruce German, Moshe Rosenberg, Eduardo Silva and Woutrina Smith. As always, we want to be connected with professionals who work in Chile andhave studied at Davis. We will meet Mª Eugenia Gonzalez, from the U. of Concepcion, and Alejandra Madariaga, who just returned to Chile.

Doctor German reasserted that, from an epidemiological point of view, people who consume cow milk tend to be healthier and live longer. "It is clear from this perspective that milk does something good. We are still understanding why" (text in Spanish).

Renowned research centers and universities are working in Chile to identify the needs that emerge from climate variability in the agro sector. UC Davis Chile's idea is to understand the impact of these changes and to get technologies ready that allow producers to practice a climate smart agriculture. Among the arguments that support the prestigious university is that it helped California state to overcome its worst drought history while increasing producer profitability (page 42, feature in Spanish).

Genome editing allows us to modify specific regions in an individual and to transfer this modification to its offspring. The revolution promised by CRISPR-Cas9 and the polemics arround this technique. Article written by Doctor Álvaro Castro, UC Davis Chile's Program Coordinator Molecular Genetics / Genomics, for Mundoagro magazine (article written in Spanish).

We hope you enjoy reading the third edition of our newsletter. As the previous numbers, the cover includes an opinion column, in this case of our Chief Business Development Officer, Javier Ramirez. The main news is about R2B Catalyst’s inauguration, a program inspired by the model of UC Davis’ Venture Catalyst. As this initiative was created by Dushyant Pathak, Associate Vice-Chancellor of UC Davis, he came to the event.

In every edition we explain a research line, in this case its the genetic identification of clones of the wine industry’s most relevants strains. We also include highlights of our numerous activities, including visits from UC Davis: doctors Gail Bornhorst, Richard Snyder and Daniele Zaccaria. Last but not least, we include some news about the Chilean Students’ Association at UC Davis and a new interview for our section “Getting to know a UC Davis Alumni”.

What are the agricultural bioproduct trends worldwide. Article written by doctor Freddy Boehmwald, Bioproduct Development Coordinator of UC Davis Chile, for November edition of Mundoagro magazine (text in Spanish).

The first version of the Climate Smart Agro seminar was held with great success

November 17, 2016

The objective of the event -organized by UC Davis Chile- is to promote a technologically advanced, versatile and efficient agriculture in the face of climate variability. To this end there were presentations from institutions that are conducting research and development in Chile and companies that are implementing new technologies from Argentina and the United States.

President Janet Napolitano and the Chancellors of the University of California today (Nov. 9) issued the following statement:

November 9, 2016

In light of yesterday's election results, we know there is understandable consternation and uncertainty among members of the University of California community. The University of California is proud of being a diverse and welcoming place for students, faculty, and staff with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Diversity is central to our mission. We remain absolutely committed to supporting all members of our community and adhering to UC’s Principles Against Intolerance. As the Principles make clear, the University “strives to foster an environment in which all are included” and “all are given an equal opportunity to learn and explore.” The University of California will continue to pursue and protect these principles now and in the future, and urges our students, faculty, staff, and all others associated with the University to do so as well.

R2B Catalyst: The first scientific center for business development opens in Chile

October 25, 2016

Research to Business Catalyst (R2B Catalyst) is the first scientific HUB for business development and for start-ups with a scientific base offers Programs for Entrepreneurs inspired on the model of Venture Catalyst of the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), LabSpaces or cutting-edge laboratories for co-work and a series of Services for Entrepreneurs which range from marketing and communications to accounting.

Expert in food engineering from UC Davis meets with Chilean entrepreneurs and researchers from the branch

September 2, 2016

What happens to the food after we have eaten it? This is the area of research of Doctor Gail Bornhorst. Her objectives are clear: to increase the benefits in the health of the consumers, improve food security and optimize food processing. In order to achieve this, she has been working in collaboration with the Californian food industry.

​In this issue we include an opinion column of our Chief Science Officer, Dr. Pablo Zamora; a main news –the first Scientific and Industry Advisory Board meeting-; the explanation of a research that we are developing (plant pathogen detection in vines), and the "highlights” section with brief news to quickly catch you all up on the initiatives we are involved in. We also included two new sections: Chileans in UC Davis -with an opinion column of the Board of the UCD Chilean Student Association- and Getting to know a UC Davis Alumni, in this case, an interview to Eduardo Holzapfel, former Dean of Agricultural Engineering Faculty at U. of Concepción.

Analysis done by Mundoagro magazine, with UC Davis Chile as an expert contributor. A changing world and a different agriculture make the technical agronomist obsolete. What are the new abilities that agronomists should have facing future (text in Spanish).

UC Davis renews its historical relationship with Chile in collaborative research and innovation

July 20, 2016

The collaboration in topics of the environment, the development of bioproducts and technology transfer is being added to the applied research lines linked to the food industry sector and in particularly to the wine sector.

Sustainable universities foster university classes, buildings and even green festivals

July 17, 2016

The leading institutions in the last report on sustainable establishments state that a comprehensive education entails teaching and promoting care for the planet. Although the cost is high, they rely on a future return and on the importance of shaping the attitudes of their students.

Although the Chilean wine industry is ranked at the 4th place worldwide and the first new world wine exporter, due to the agriculture movement to new production areas and continues climate challenges, the national leader industry began to concern about of the challenges that wine industry needs to face due to the extension of the wine frontier and the commercial gaps of the wineries.

These institutions, which both form part of Corfo’s Program to Attract International Centers of Excellence, will provide from their own experience to generate technology platforms that increase productivity and efficiency in the national food industry.

We invite you to read our first newsletter. On the first page, you will find an opinion column, in this case of our Executive Director, Alan Bennett. On page 2, the main news: The Board meeting UC Davis Chile with its Chilean and California members. Then, since our intention is to explain the research that we are developing, we start by discussing our experience with our business partners, vineyards Concha y Toro and VSPT. Finally, we have the "highlights” section with brief news to quickly catch up on the initiatives we are involved in. We hope this material will serve to learn more about UC Davis Chile.

The initiative will allow the joint entreneurership of applied research and the transfer of technology and innovation, on issues such as the revaluation of property strains of the Itata and Cauquenes valleys; integrated management of pests and diseases, like Lobesia botrana; and design of environmental strategies, among other actions.

Hubtec, Know Hub and Apta, the university initiatives that are seeking to revolutionize technology transfer

May 9, 2016

These three hubs gather various actors in the local ecosystem, with those who seek to increase the number of academic innovations that reach the market. Corfo provides $ 13,600 million for the initiatives. UC Davis Chile is co-executor of the three hubs in areas of training, licensing and entrepreneurship (article in Spanish).

A centenary old pure Malbec, rediscovered in southern Chile thanks to the climate

May 6, 2016

The temperature increase has converted the south of Chile into fertile ground for the development of good wines, optimizing unique strains that are only found in this area of the country, as a centenary Malbec.

With a kit developed by Chilean scientists, it is now possible to cultivate ostra mushrooms at home. Këtrawa is one of the ventures of R2B Catalyst, a company created by the Austral Research Institute, the University of California, Davis in Chile (UC Davis Chile) and MGMS Consulting.

After 50 years of close ties between this academic and our country, on Monday part of his ashes were placed in the church of the Hacienda San Jose del Carmen del Huique (O'Higgins Region), key location for his research writing of "The rural Chilean society... ". Such was his connection to our country, that in 2005 Bauer received the Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral, the highest recognition Chile gives to a foreigner for his or her contribution to education and culture.

Fortunately, UC Davis Chile offices are in good condition because we operate on the 11th floor of the building. For any need, please contact us, do not hesitate to write to eangel@ucdavischile.org or call us at +56 9 4275 4718.

Design, coordinate and carry out research and development initiatives in the areas of molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology and genetics, ensuring high scientific and technical accuracy level in the Center for Research and Innovation of Concha y Toro (Pencahue, Talca). Application deadline Monday, March 14, 2016. Send Curriculum Vitae via email: contacto.cii@conchaytoro.cl

Doctors Daniele Zaccaria and Richard Snyder, UC Davis academics, will come to Chile for their line of work in Climate Change. On the occasion, they will offer the drought lecture "Towards next generation decision support for irrigation management" in two locations: on Tuesday, March 8th at INIA La Platina in Santiago and Friday, March 11th at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Talca.

Entrepreneurship. The initiative is one of the networks of the "Research to Business Catalyst" (R2B Catalyst), the first center for innovation and scientific scaling in Chile. R2B Catalyst is a company created by STGO LabSpace, UC Davis Chile and MGMS Consulting.

The channel broadcasted in its "Quality of Life" section the report “The rescue of the real Chilean tomato", which highlights the work of farmers in planting the old limachino tomato, which has a more intense flavor and smell than those in the national market. Dr. Pablo Zamora, Chief Science Officer of UC Davis Chile, explains in the space why tomatoes have been losing their taste and how to recover it.

As a result of the alliance between STGO LabSpace and the University of California Davis, in Chile (Chile UC Davis), "R2B Catalyst" is the first scientific HUB in Chile for the development of business and the generation of synergies between researchers, entrepreneurs, mentors and investors.

Patagonia LabSpace is one of the venues of R2B Catalyst and the first center of innovation and scientific scaling in Chile.

Research to Business Catalyst inaugurates base in Puerto Montt, its first location outside Santiago

January 14, 2016

Thursday of next week, we will inaugurate Patagonia LabSpace with the support of CORFO. A bit to understand the background, UC Davis and STGO LabSpace Chile generated an alliance and created Research to Business Catalyst (R2B Catalyst), the first scientific hub for the development of business, generating synergy between researchers, entrepreneurs, mentors and investors to materialize science-based businesses. In the case of Patagonia LabSpace, it is a 600 m2 laboratory enabling the scaling of products. His focus will be projects in areas relevant to the south, such as aquaculture, livestock and agriculture. To all of those who live in Puerto Montt and surrounding area, we look forward to seeing you on Thursday January 21st.

Luis Mendoza, Arica TV news broadcaster, interviewed Pablo Zamora, the Chief Science Officer of UC Davis Chile. ¨The University of Tarapacá…is precisely leading a line called climate change and within climate change, they are tackling with us and experts from the United States, the efficient use the hydraulic resource. We all understand that the hydraulic resource is rather limited”, commented Dr. Zamora.

Bacteria and fungi that promote plant growth are the way the bio-products collaborate in agricultural production. What are the prospects of this tool and what does is lack for producing better results. MundoAgro Magazine article.

The Chile California Conference imagines and creates the future of our country

December 17, 2015

California Conference is a much more mature and established space. It is a symbol and a product of the long relations between Chile and California. It was confirmed to be just that during the conference. We try to include and make the different actors visible: students, entrepreneurs, teachers and scientists. I think that was a complete success, a reflection of what C3 is today, and how active and diverse the community is", says William San Martin, the program coordinator of C3, which was held on Saturday October 17th by Davis for the second time, after its rounds in Stanford in 2013 and Berkeley last year.

California and our country have had close relations since the '60s. C3 is the main event of the community of Chileans studying or researching in this state, one of the richest in the United States. The assistance of public demonstrated its relevance: 150 people attended the conference, which had the support of ChileGlobal, the talent network of Imagen de Chile. UC Davis Chile, UC Davis California and the California and Chile Council also supported this event.

Lovell "Tu" Jarvis, the Chairman of the Chile California who also gave some closing words, agrees with San Martin. "I think the conference C3 has 'matured', every year it gets better and better... I think we have to further encourage networking between Chilean and non-Chilean students opportunities, and companies based in California and other organizations. The conference works extremely well and I think it is a great opportunity," said Jarvis, a UC Davis academic in charge of the Chile Partnership Program and one of the driving forces that created C3 in 2012.

Doctor Mauricio Cañoles, UC Davis Chile's Grant Development Manager, tells about the center´s arrival in the country, its focused action and the different research lines, in addition to analyzing the relevance of research in agriculture.

For two days, the Bustamante Park of the Providencia district was the meeting point for the innovation ecosystem in our country. The event was organized by STGO LabSpace, a partner of our institution "Research to Business Catalyst " (R2B Catalyst), the first scientific hub of the country.

Alliance between UC Davis Chile and STGO LabSpace: R2B Catalyst, first scientific Hub devoted for business development

October 26, 2015

The company seeks synergy between researchers, entrepreneurs, mentors and investors to realize science-based businesses. In addition to advanced technology laboratories, start-ups will receive legal, regulatory, business model, scaling and internationalization support.
In early 2016 it will begin to operate the headquarters of R2B Catalyst, UC Davis LabSpace Chile, which will be located in the space adjacent to the corporate offices of UC Davis Chile.

Scientist from the U.S explains why tomatoes are becoming more and more tasteless

October 17, 2015

Alan Bennet, Executive Director of UC Davis Chile, will explain his work on tomatoes genetics this Tuesday at 4.30 pm in the 3rd University Andrés Bello’s Science Culture Conference. Article in Spanish.

According to Hellen Dillard, Dean of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences of UC Davis. The academic says that feeding current and future populations, in conditions that
are each time more complex, requires using all available tools and pursuing innovation through exchange among different groups.

"...The installation of University of California Davis through the Center of Excellence Life Sciences Innovation Center, which our university will form a part of, will assure the incorporation of applied vanguard technology to the productive processes of national interest.

To work both in Plant Pathology Lab in Talca (U. Talca) and in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Lab in Santiago (UNAB), in a research about fungal/virus and plant interactions, and bioinformatics. Skills required for this project include knowledge of bioinformatics and commonly used plant pathogen techniques (design and utilize regular and qPCR assays, cloning, sequencing and sequence analyses, hybridizations, ELISA, etc). The position is full-time. Deadline: October, 4th.

The university places 85th in the world and 27th in the United States in the QS World University Rankings for 2015-16. Earlier this year, QS World Rankings rated UC Davis No. 1 in the world in veterinary sciences, and agriculture and forestry.

Full-time professional to work both in a Plant Pathology Lab in Talca (U. Talca) and in a Molecular Biology Lab in Santiago (UNAB). Skills required for this project include knowledge of plant diseases and commonly used phytopathological techniques (isolation; microscopy; PCR assays and sequence analyses, etc). Applications will be received until October 4th.

UC Davis is preparing to once again hosts the Chile-California Conference C3

September 8, 2015

Since 2012, the Chilean graduate students from Stanford, UC Berkeley and UC Davis meet every year in one of these universities to discuss relevant issues in our country and share experiences. This year the C3 returns to UC Davis with the theme "Envisioning the future, creating it together" and added a new participant, UC Santa Cruz. As expected, UC Davis Chile is one of the sponsors of this important event.

USACH: University of California Davis presents opportunities for collaborative research

September 2, 2015

In their search for new strategic partners, representatives of University of California-Davis, located in our country as Chile UC Davis, visited the campus to demonstrate their skills in the current leading research lines and also showed interest in diversifying them to incorporate the support of our academic institution.

A workshop on Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer at Concha y Toro´s Research and Innovation Center

August 21, 2015

Dr. Mónica Alandete-Sáez of PIPRA (Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture) of the University of California - Davis explained concepts such as the different types of intellectual property, the technology transfer model, the best practices for maintaining laboratory notebooks and material transfer agreements.

“With this project Corfo wants to encourage scientific development in Chile”

August 14, 2015

Corfo is supporting a project of a collaborative science laboratory with the purpose of encouraging scientific development in the country. The initiative is called “Open Science” and its partners are the Municipalidad de Providencia, the program of innovation StartUp Chile, Club of Innovation, UC Davis Chile, Austral Incuba and Santiago LabSpace.

"OpenScience : Young scientists and researchers launch an open scientific innovation program"

August 10, 2015

The initiative comes from Santiago LabSpace -the first collaborative science laboratory in Chile, an organization that works with UC Davis Chile in developing new ways to advance science-based innovation in our country.

"We are open to collaborating with the Regional University if it is aligned with the generation of knowledge"

August 1, 2015

The University of California at Davis is rated the leading university in the area of agricultural sciences. This year, the institution´s support for research inagurated its work in Chile and through this interview Pablo Zamora, Chief Scientific Officer, talks about the future of agricultural training in Chile and the important role the Regional University could have.
Credit: Diario El Rancagüino (text in Spanish )

As a sign of support for the work done by the Association of Students of the University of California, Davis, in May, former president Valerie Weinborn, received the Outstanding Leadership Award given by North American studies. Source : ChileGlobal (text in Spanish )

While there are several organizations focused on research and technology in the country, Chile has ventured in bringing in international centers of excellence as a way to accelerate and redirect local research by focusing on the most productive sectors. Three of the 12 CORFO Centers of Excellence in R&D are linked to agriculture, including UC Davis Chile.

The alliance between UC Davis Chile and University of Talca: Innovation and technology for viticulture

July 22, 2015

Multiple investigations, generation of knowledge and new technologies to improve the country´s food, forestry and wine industries are a few of the objectives of the current partnership between the University of Talca and UC Davis Chile´s Center of Excellence.

FONTAGRO Symposium: International experts discuss the best strategies for family farmers facing climate change.

July 10, 2015

Dr. Paul Zamora , Chief Science Officer of UC Davis Chile, was one of the speakers at the panel who discussed the importance of the international cooperation in this process. The event was co-organized by INIA and the document "Declaration of Santiago " was finalized.

Representatives led by their Chairman, Gonzalo Jordan, explained the focus of CORFO´s initiative, which like the center of excellence, seeks to create a more modern and sophisticated Chilean agricultural industry.

California researcher leading the line of research at UC Davis Chile analyzed how genomics can improve viticulture

July 8, 2015

The first activity of the cycle of lectures "Encounters, Science and Industry" was held at Concha y Toro´s Center for Research and Innovation and attracted more than 55 participants, including academics, winemakers, professional associations and representatives of the agricultural sector.

"UC Davis Chile and Viña Concha y Toro held the first talk in the series `Encounters, Science and Company´”

July 6, 2015

Dario Cantu, Professor in the Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis and researcher for UC Davis Chile, on Friday, July 3 gave the lecture "Genomic Tools for Viticulture." The activity was held at Concha y Toro´s Center for Research and Innovation and counted on the support of the University of Talca, two of the strategic partners of UC Davis Chile.

The economic newspaper "El Pulso" published an opinion column of Dr. Alan Bennett, Executive Director of UC Davis Chile. The space highlights not only the importance of research and development as a foundation for innovation-based economy, but also the need for a balance between these in the public and private sectors.
To read the column in Spanish, click on the "El Pulso". For English, click on "Read More¨.

Expert in genetic tools for viticulture from UC Davis offers to give a talk in the Maule region.

June 30, 2015

Dr. Dario Cantu, also a principal investigator for one of UC Davis Chile´s lines of work, will give a lecture on Friday, July 3 at 12:00 in the Auditorium of the Center for Research and Innovation of Concha y Toro.

Concha y Toro is preparing to sell genetic material and is on the verge of becoming the vineyard with most planted acres in the world

June 28, 2015

El Mercurio highlights the support from UC Davis Chile in the recently inaugurated Center for Research and Innovation of the vineyard. To read the article, click on “Economía y Negocios de El Mercurio” (article in Spanish )

"The innovative laboratory where young scientists become entrepreneurs "

June 28, 2015

The Life, Science and Technology section mentions the joint work between UC Davis Chile and Santiago LabSpace, a workspace where in addition to sharing equipment and expertise, researchers "are creating and patenting new applications".
To read the article, click the link.

Dr. Alan Bennett gives the go-ahead to the "Licensing Academy", organized by PIPRA (Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture) and the School of Law at UC Davis. Twenty Chileans participates in this intensive 10-day course , including academic partners of UC Davis Chile.

News column written by Linda Katehi, UC Davis Chancellor, and Alan Bennett, Director UC Davis Chile, for the Chilean newspaper "Diario Financiero" about the alliance between the university and Chile (in Spanish).

The University of California, Davis, ranks No. 1 in the world for teaching and research in agriculture and forestry as well as veterinary sciences, according to data released today by QS World University Rankings. This is the third consecutive year that UC Davis has been ranked first in agriculture and forestry by QS.

The incentive for the agricultural-food industry from University of California Davis in Chile

April 27, 2015

The scientific director for the UC Davis Life Sciences Innovation Center from the University of California Davis Chile, Pablo Zamora, further explains in the proposal that the institution comes to Chile to encourage research and development in the national agricultural-food industry.

Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile, Linda P.B. Katehi, chancellor of the University of California, Davis, and U.S. Ambassador Michael A. Hammer today (April 21) opened the UC Davis-Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center in Santiago, Chile.

Concha y Toro’s Center for Research and Innovation joins the launch of UC Davis’ Center of Excellence in Chile

January 22, 2015

Following its recent opening in Chile, the Center of Excellence of the University of California, Davis, UC Davis-Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center (UC Davis LINC) –which has funding from Corfo's Program for the Attraction of Centers of Excellence– organized, as a presentation, a Viticulture and Enology workshop, which was conducted in the United States on January 15 and 16. This was attended by leading researchers from the university and Chilean specialists in these areas.